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Old 11-09-2011, 02:51 PM   #17
Sundae
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
I wouldn't want to be part of their family, but I give them credit for their self-discipline.
Okay, snipped, because you mentioned work ethic.
But I don't really see any self discipline there.
In another time, another place they could not support a family that size. There is a reason why sons worked the land and daughters used to be married out young. Neither are allowed these days.

And I don't believe a child with more than 10 siblings can really get a decent amount of love and guidance from their parents. In the past they would have had it from their older siblings (my Grandmother was effectively a parent to her younger siblings from the age of 12) but that is not the way of the world now. If the siblings demur, what happens then?

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